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    P-6831FX eSATA

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by ridgeburner, Jan 31, 2008.

  1. ridgeburner

    ridgeburner Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey guys, I was wondering if anyone is using their eSATA for sending files to their external HD. I am running into trouble and I am wondering if anyone else has seen this.

    First off, when I plug up it wants me to format the disc(existing HD). So I go ahead and do that and it finally recognizes it in "My Computer". Well, now I try to send files and it just says "calculating" with no data movement. I have rebooted and still the same issues. Any ideas or people that are using it flawlessly?
     
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  2. Richteralan

    Richteralan Notebook Evangelist

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    I've been using eSATA with my external HDD.
    No problem whatsoever.

    Care to provide your enclosure model/brand and your HDD model/brand?
     
    Richteralan, Feb 1, 2008
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  3. ridgeburner

    ridgeburner Notebook Enthusiast

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    The enclosure is a NexStar 3. The HD's are both Western Digitals, one a 750GB and the other a 1TB. Both will work through USB, and the 1TB works fine through eSATA on other machines. I am hoping it is just a cable or something, I might pick up another to make sure.

    Funny thing is with the 750GB the machine will not see it at all unless I go to Disk MNGT in the control Panel. I then format it and all, but it still will not show up in "My Computer". However, the 1TB will show up speratically in my computer, but when I try to drag anything over to it she just says "calculating" . Go figure???
     
    ridgeburner, Feb 2, 2008
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    ridgeburner Notebook Enthusiast

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    Ok, now to add to the confusion.....

    I just connected up to my 1TB, the one that will show up here and there. I drag over a 3GB file and it says it is calculating for like 3-5 minutes. Well, it finally pops up an error.

    It says it is error 0x8007048F. "The device is not connected"

    After this happens the device disapears from "My Computer" view.
     
    ridgeburner, Feb 2, 2008
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  5. Snowsurfer

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    Maybe because of your RAID 0?
     
    Snowsurfer, Feb 2, 2008
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    ridgeburner Notebook Enthusiast

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    Good point snow, and one I have been debating on. I have wondered if the RAID has something to do with this.
     
    ridgeburner, Feb 2, 2008
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    Talked to another guy who has the Nexstar and his eSATA will not work with RAID 0, also check the driver.
     
    Snowsurfer, Feb 3, 2008
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    venkol Notebook Consultant

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    How does eSATA compare to USB 2.0 in terms of transfer speed?
     
    venkol, Feb 3, 2008
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    I have the same problem on my Asus V1S Notebook (Vista Business 32bit) and WD My Book Studio Edition 1TB! help :)
     
    moskit, Mar 16, 2008
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